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BBC News
08-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Former TK Maxx building in Peterborough set to go on the market
A building that used to house TK Maxx and New Look and had been earmarked as a community space is set to be City Council's cabinet has been asked to approve plans to put the Bridge Street building on the authority bought it in August 2020 using £4.1m of Towns Fund money, with the aim of using it for a community hub known as The the council then decided it would not be economically viable to house The Vine in the building, which would have included a library, learning and cultural facilities and a commercial space. Instead, the project will be spread across three sites in the city: a library and a learning and cultural space at the Central Library; a food and drinks hall at The Goods Shed in Fletton Quays; and a business start-up incubator at Peterscourt, City Thulbourn, cabinet member for growth and regeneration, said the Bridge Street site was a "significant gateway into our city centre".He said the council would be open to all offers on the building, but he hoped it would end up as a mix of commercial and residential use."It is an important site and one we must get right, to breathe new life into this part of our city centre and enhance the overall experience for people," he cabinet will vote on the plans on 15 July. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
19-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Consultation under way on threatened Peterborough libraries
A council is asking residents how they use their city's network of libraries as it reviews plans to reduce the City Council proposed cutting its static libraries from 10 down to three as part of budget proposals, saying the move would save £314,000 a users objected to the plans and asked the council to reconsider the loss of community authority's cabinet agreed to put the proposal on hold and "complete a full needs assessment" before making a detailed recommendation. The consultation, which will close on 5 August, asks people about which libraries and services they use and how they travel are currently 10 libraries and a mobile library serving Peterborough. In its original proposal, the council said it would invest in a modernised Central Library and two additional libraries, with smaller self-service facilities in hubs across the of Woodston Library, one of the branches earmarked for closure, argued the facility was more than a library and also used as a community space for local residents. Alison Jones, cabinet member for housing and communities at Peterborough City Council, said: "We know how much some people value their library service and this came across clearly in the budget consultation earlier in the year. "We listened to what residents told us and committed to carrying out this engagement exercise prior to any decisions being made."The council said the results of the survey would be analysed and published by the end of the current 10 libraries are: Peterborough Central LibraryBretton LibraryDogsthorpe LibraryEye LibraryHampton LibraryOrton LibraryStanground LibraryThorney LibraryWerrington LibraryWoodston Library Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Councillor for 21-years to become new mayor of Peterborough
A councillor who has represented a ward for 21 years has been appointed as mayor of a Fox, a Peterborough First independent councillor at Peterborough City Council, will be the first female to become mayor of Peterborough since told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "It means a lot to me really because I'm representing the city of which I was born and bred in."She will take over the position from Marco Cereste, a Conservative councillor at the authority, during a meeting on Monday. Fox, who represents Werrington, will become the 138th mayor of Peterborough, and will follow in the footsteps of her husband, John Fox, who served as mayor from Fox said he was "really chuffed" for his said she felt "very honoured" to become the new mayor. "I'm looking forward to it because I'm Peterborian through and through."I feel really excited about the year and I've got a few invites already," she to the Local Democracy Reporting Service she said she was keen to work with all the communities in Peterborough. What does the mayor of Peterborough do? The mayor of Peterborough is a very different role to the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined mayor of the combined authority, which is currently Paul Bristow, receives a salary and is responsible for areas such as transport, skills, business support and May of each year, a long-serving Peterborough councillor is appointed as the mayor of Peterborough, with their term of office lasting for one role acts as a politically impartial chair of the authority, making sure that proper conduct takes place during full-council are also invited to attend community and fundraising events held for the mayor's charities, which they choose at the start of the civic year. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Peterborough City Council plans to expand schools to meet demand
Four schools in a city are set to expand to meet rising demand from local families for pupil City Council has agreed to fund the works, with some construction already under four schools are: Stanground Academy, Marshfields School and NeneGate School in the city, and the Duke of Bedford Primary School in Cole, the council's cabinet member for children's services, said the authority based its decision to extend the schools on "current and forecast pupil demand in these areas". 'Work and investment' She said: "The council has a statutory duty to provide a school place for every child living in its area of responsibility who is of school age and whose parents want their child educated in the state sector."We want every Peterborough child to attend a school within the city and these projects demonstrate the hard work and investment the council are making in achieving this aim."Peterborough is one of the fastest-growing cities in the population was 215,700 according to the last census in 2021, a 17.5% increase from 2011 compared with 6.6% for council also said the number of children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) was continuing to rise, particularly for children with severe learning difficulties and mental health needs. NeneGate School, a specialist school for pupils aged eight to 16, is expected to have a new teaching block with five classrooms by September approved by planners, this will accommodate an extra 40 pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs at the school, phased over two School in Dogsthorpe, which specialises in pupils who have learning difficulties and additional needs, will get two additional classrooms to create 16 places for primary-aged children with severe learning works are expected to start in July and be ready to use from are already under way at Stanground Academy, a secondary school and sixth form, to get additional dining room space that should be finished by Duke of Bedford Primary School in Thorney will have two mobile classroom units with toilets, which will increase its capacity by 15 pupils for each school year, which should be completed by of this project is being funded using contributions from Allison Homes, which has a housing development in the BBC asked the council how much funding it would provide for the expansion, and how much pupil demand was expected to increase by. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
